The Mobile Wand 400 is a compact, self-contained bar code wand scanner with an integrated decoder that connects directly to the serial port of most popular PDAs. The MW-400 autodiscriminates up to 10 popular bar code types. Communications parameters, bar code formatting, and terminating character are among the many userprogramable options. The MW-400 does not require a battery, power supply, interface "box" or adapter. This lightweight, low current scanner is ideal for field computing applications when ease-of-use and power conservation are of critical importance.
Supported Bar Codes
In its default configuration, the MW-400 reader can automatically recognize and decode the following bar codes symbologies:
- Code 39, Standard or Expanded (Full ASCII)
- Interleaved 2 of 5
- UPC/EAN/]AN codes, with or without supplemental
- Code 128
- Codabar
- Code 11
- MSI Code
- Code 93
By altering its configuration, any symbologies can be excluded. There are other configurable parameters affecting the reading and data output format for each symbology. see Chapter 3 for details on enabling and disabling each bar code symbology and other associated options See Chapter 8 for information on the data output format for each code.
It may be desirable to "tum off' unwanted bar codes. This will yield a very slight increase in the speed of bar code decoding.
LED Feedback
The MW-400 has an LED near the tip that flashes after a good read. The LED also flashes during programming, and to signal any self test failures.
Important Note: It is strongly recommended that the user install the MW-400 and its application software and test the bar code reader before scanning any of the set-up bar codes in this manual.